Objective: Students develop their creative eye while looking for the letters of their name in everyday objects.
Examples:
assignment:
Try to spell out your name using photographs of everyday objects. Try to find objects that look like each letter in your name, don't take photographs of actual letters (like ones found on signs, keyboards, textbooks, etc.). This trains your "creative eye" to look at the world around you in a different, more creative way. Take several photos for each letter, that way you'll have more options and can choose the best, clearest photograph to use in your final design.
tips:
Need help finding letters?
- look for shadows on the ground
- notice cracks in the sidewalk
- look in the tree branches
- arrange several objects together (sticks, paintbrushes, etc.) to form a letter
- if a certain object doesn't at first look like it could resemble a letter, look at it from a different point of view (from the side, upside down, from above, etc.) and you might see something completely new!
important when "framing" your shots...
Tomorrow we will make some basic edits to our images, including cropping. We will crop all of our images to the same dimensions so all of our letters look "unified" when presented together. When taking your photographs, leave some extra space around your "letter," this way, we will have room to crop the photo tomorrow without chopping part of your letter off!
editing instructions
1- Create new Document
Change file name to "Letter Hunt Your Name"
Change height to 4 INCHES
Change resolution to 72
Change resolution to 72
- Make the width the number of letters in your name multiplied by 3.
- For example, my name has 4 letters. 4 x 3 = 12.
- For example, my name has 4 letters. 4 x 3 = 12.
open your first letter! |
Voila!
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Go to File > Open
Select your first letter.
Open it.
Open it.
do you need to flip or rotate your letter?
"Unlock" your background layer by double clicking on it.
Press OK when the new layer box pops up.
Press OK when the new layer box pops up.
- You will need to crop all photos to the same dimensions.
- Find your crop toll in the tool bar on the left hand side of your screen..
- Find your crop toll in the tool bar on the left hand side of your screen..
crop!
- In your options bar, enter:
Width: 3 inches
Height: 4 inches
Resolution: 72 ppi
Width: 3 inches
Height: 4 inches
Resolution: 72 ppi
-Click on your image to drag out a crop box. (Anything outside of this box will be deleted.
-When you are happy with the size and location of your crop box, click the Commit button (check mark button in your options bar).
-When you are happy with the size and location of your crop box, click the Commit button (check mark button in your options bar).
Send letter over to your blank canvas!
- Go to LAYER in your menu bar and select DUPLICATE LAYER
-Name your layer after the letter (ie: "Letter K")
-Change the Destination Document to "Letter Hunt Your Name"
-Change the Destination Document to "Letter Hunt Your Name"
- Click back over to your blank canvas.
Use the MOVE TOOL to move your photo into the correct spot.
now repeat the above steps on all of the remaining letters of your name!
1.) File > Open to open your letter
2.) Flip/Rotate if you need to (unlock layer first)
3.) Crop to 3x4, res 72
4.) Layer > Duplicate Layer... send to "letter hunt"
5.) Use the move tool to move letter into correct place on canvas.
2.) Flip/Rotate if you need to (unlock layer first)
3.) Crop to 3x4, res 72
4.) Layer > Duplicate Layer... send to "letter hunt"
5.) Use the move tool to move letter into correct place on canvas.
VOILA!
OPTIONAL: ADD WHITE OR BLACK BORDER AROUND EACH LETTER?
OPTIONAL: would you like to add a white or black border around each letter?
If so, click on your first "letter" layer in your layers panel to select it (it should be highlighted in blue)
Now click the "FX" button at the bottom of your layers panel.
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1.) CHANGE SIZE TO 10 PX
2.) CHANGE POSITION TO "INSIDE" 3.) DOUBLE CLICK ON THE COLOR BOX TO CHANGE COLOR (stick with either black or white) Now repeat the above steps on each letter... Click on the second letter layer, go to fx, choose stroke, and choose the same settings as before. Then click on the third... and so on.... |
MAKE SOME BASIC EDITS TO YOUR NAME
Make some basic edits...
You may want to...
-Sharpen
- Lighten or darken using "levels" adjustment layer
- Adjust color with "color balance" adjustment layer
- Add vividness using "lightness contrast" or "hue saturation" adjustment layer.
- Convert to black and white (optional) with black and white adjustment layer.
See instructions if you forget how...
You may want to...
-Sharpen
- Lighten or darken using "levels" adjustment layer
- Adjust color with "color balance" adjustment layer
- Add vividness using "lightness contrast" or "hue saturation" adjustment layer.
- Convert to black and white (optional) with black and white adjustment layer.
See instructions if you forget how...
now save your work! twice!
File > Save As
1.) File name is "Letter Hunt Your Name"
2.) Where is "Pictures"
3.) Format is "Photoshop"
Click SAVE
Click OK
2.) Where is "Pictures"
3.) Format is "Photoshop"
Click SAVE
Click OK
-GO TO FILE > SAVE AS.... AGAIN!
1.) File name is the same
2.) "Where" is the same (Pictures)
3.) CHANGE FORMAT TO JPEG!!!!!!!
Click SAVE
Click OK
1.) File name is the same
2.) "Where" is the same (Pictures)
3.) CHANGE FORMAT TO JPEG!!!!!!!
Click SAVE
Click OK
